Liquid ejecting apparatus and recording system

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus including a transporting portion that transports a medium along a transport path, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting, through a nozzle, a liquid onto the medium that is being transported, a mounting portion in which a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, and a heating portion that heats the medium on which the recording has been performed. The transport path includes an upper path positioned above the mounting portion in a vertical direction. After transporting and passing the medium, on which the recording has been performed, through the upper path, the transporting portion discharges the medium through a discharge port. The heating portion is provided above the mounting portion in the vertical direction and heats the medium transported through the upper path.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
 a transporting portion that transports a medium along a transport path; 
 a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting, through a nozzle, a liquid onto the medium that is being transported; 
 a mounting portion in which a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, the mounting portion being provided at a position higher in a vertical direction than the nozzle; and 
 a heating portion that heats the medium on which the recording has been performed, wherein 
 the transport path includes an upper path positioned above the mounting portion in the vertical direction, 
 after transporting and passing the medium, on which the recording has been performed, through the upper path, the transporting portion discharges the medium through a discharge port, and 
 the heating portion is provided above the mounting portion in the vertical direction and heats the medium transported through the upper path. 
 
     
     
       2. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating portion is provided between the mounting portion and the upper path in the vertical direction. 
     
     
       3. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the transport path includes, 
 a recording path in which the recording is performed by the liquid ejecting head, 
 a downstream path positioned downstream from the recording path in a transport direction in which the medium is transported by the transporting portion, and 
 a connection path that couples the downstream path and the upper path to each other, 
 the heating portion, the connection path, the upper path, and the discharge port are integrally detachable from the liquid ejecting apparatus. 
 
     
     
       4. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a housing that houses the liquid ejecting head, wherein 
 the housing includes, 
 a first side, and 
 a second side that is opposite the first side in a width direction, 
 the liquid ejecting head performs the recording on the medium at a position that is closer to the second side than to the first side in the width direction, and 
 the heating portion is provided at a position that is closer to the first side than to the second side in the width direction. 
 
     
     
       5. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a wiping portion configured to wipe the liquid ejecting head, wherein 
 the wiping portion wipes the liquid ejecting head by moving relative to the liquid ejecting head, 
 a standby position where the wiping portion away from the liquid ejecting head stands by is positioned below the mounting portion in the vertical direction, and 
 the wiping portion positioned at the standby position overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction. 
 
     
     
       6. The liquid ejecting apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a cap configured to form a closed space, in which the nozzle opens, with the liquid ejecting head, wherein 
 the cap is movable between a closed space forming position that forms the closed space, and a retracted position that is away from the closed space forming position, 
 the retracted position is positioned below the mounting portion in the vertical direction, and 
 the cap positioned at the retracted position overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction. 
 
     
     
       7. A recording system, comprising:
 a liquid ejecting apparatus that performs recording on a medium; and 
 a medium processing apparatus that includes a processing portion that performs a process on the medium on which recording has been performed with the liquid ejecting apparatus, wherein 
 the liquid ejecting apparatus includes, 
 a transporting portion that transports the medium along a transport path, 
 a liquid ejecting head that performs the recording by ejecting, through a nozzle, a liquid onto the medium that is being transported; 
 a mounting portion in which a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted, the mounting portion being provided at a position higher in a vertical direction than the nozzle, and 
 a heating portion that heats the medium on which the recording has been performed, wherein 
 the transport path includes an upper path positioned above the mounting portion in the vertical direction, 
 the transporting portion transports and passes the medium, on which the recording has been performed, through the upper path and discharges the medium through a discharge port and towards the medium processing apparatus, and 
 the heating portion is provided above the mounting portion in the vertical direction and heats the medium transported through the upper path. 
 
     
     
       8. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the transport path includes, 
 a recording path in which the recording is performed by the liquid ejecting head, 
 a downstream path positioned downstream from the recording path in a transport direction in which the medium is transported by the transporting portion, and 
 a connection path that couples the downstream path and the upper path to each other, 
 the heating portion, the connection path, the upper path, and the discharge port are integrally detachable from the liquid ejecting apparatus. 
 
     
     
       9. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein the heating portion is provided between the mounting portion and the upper path in the vertical direction. 
     
     
       10. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a housing that houses the liquid ejecting head 
 the housing includes, 
 a first side, and 
 a second side that is opposite the first side in a width direction, 
 the liquid ejecting head performs the recording on the medium at a position that is closer to the second side than to the first side in the width direction, and 
 the heating portion is provided at a position that is closer to the first side than to the second side in the width direction. 
 
     
     
       11. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a wiping portion configured to wipe the liquid ejecting head, 
 the wiping portion wipes the liquid ejecting head by moving relative to the liquid ejecting head, 
 a standby position where the wiping portion away from the liquid ejecting head stands by is positioned below the mounting portion in the vertical direction, and 
 the wiping portion positioned at the standby position overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction. 
 
     
     
       12. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the liquid ejecting apparatus further includes a cap configured to form a closed space in which the nozzle opens, 
 the cap is movable between a closed space forming position that forms the closed space, and a retracted position that is away from the closed space forming position, 
 the retracted position is positioned below the mounting portion in the vertical direction, and 
 the cap positioned at the retracted position overlaps the mounting portion in the vertical direction. 
 
     
     
       13. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the heating portion heats the medium when the processing portion is to perform the process on the medium, and 
 the processing portion performs the process on the medium that has been heated. 
 
     
     
       14. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the medium processing apparatus includes, 
 a first mounting portion that mounts thereon a medium on which the process has not been performed by the processing portion, and 
 a second mounting portion that mounts thereon a medium on which the process has been performed by the processing portion. 
 
     
     
       15. The recording system according to  claim 7 , wherein
 when the heating portion is a first heating portion, 
 the medium processing apparatus includes a second heating portion that heats the medium transported through an introduction path between an introduction port, which introduces the medium discharged from the liquid ejecting apparatus, and the processing portion. 
 
     
     
       16. A liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
 a transporting portion that transports a medium along a transport path; 
 a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting, through a nozzle, a liquid onto the medium that is being transported; 
 a mounting portion in which a liquid storage portion that stores the liquid supplied to the liquid ejecting head is mounted; and 
 a heating portion that heats the medium on which the recording has been performed, wherein 
 the transport path includes an upper path positioned above the mounting portion in a vertical direction, 
 after transporting and passing the medium, on which the recording has been performed, through the upper path, the transporting portion discharges the medium through a discharge port, and 
 the heating portion is provided above the mounting portion in the vertical direction and heats the medium transported through the upper path, 
 the transport path includes: 
 a recording path in which the recording is performed by the liquid ejecting head, 
 a downstream path positioned downstream from the recording path in a transport direction in which the medium is transported by the transporting portion, and 
 a connection path that couples the downstream path and the upper path to each other, 
 the heating portion, the connection path, the upper path, and the discharge port are integrally detachable from the liquid ejecting apparatus.